VHTRC - The Club

First, congratulations to Bunny Runyan, Jack Evans, and Stephan Dobson for sharing the win for the 2012 season of the VHTRC football contest!

We are again having the college bowl contest.  You pick all the bowls and then sit back and watch the results for the holidays.  You can participate whether you played in the regular season or not. To make your picks, go to the Bowl Contest page.

The annual run of the 71 mile Massanutten Trail, the Ring, was held on September 1-2 in very warm weather. Fifteen people finished the rocky course. Results

The Saturday before Thanksgiving brings two area 50 mile runs. The Stone Mill 50 had many VHTRC participants, and is led by member Doug Sullivan.  The JFK 50 is a bit older, but had fewer VHTRC participants. Results:  Stone Mill | JFK

Take the Read More link to read Jack Andrish's report based upon his experience at the Burning River 100 Mile held July 28-29.  There were a few VHTRC finishers at the event. Results

Short version:  This year's Women's Half Marathon will be the 20th, and Anstr is an idiot.  Take the Read More link for a longer version complete with some club history.

It was just about a perfect day for running the Elizabeth Furnace Fat Ass 50km on Saturday March 10, and the 55 participants in this year's race took full advantage.  Kyle Lawrence, a very very late entrant in the field, led literally from start to finish to win in a time of 5:35.  Michele Harmon was the first woman to the finish, with a time of 7:04.  There were 41 official finishers.        Results | EFA 50km site

7 of 18 runners who started the Reverse Ring on Saturday February 25 managed to overcome the cold and the WIND to make the full circuit of the Massanutten Trail.  Keith Knipling took first with a time of 15 hours and 36 minutes, and the first woman was Kari Brown in 22 hours and 55 minutes.  But The Story was Cam Baker, who finished dead last at the Reverse Ring, but who warmed up for the event the day before by running The Ring.  The second finisher of a Double Ring, and the first to do it as a 142-mile out-n-back run, Cam's total time was 51 hours and 25 minutes. See Read More for report and photos.

Neal set the Fastest Known Time (FKT) on the 18.36 mile Rivanna Trail this morning in 2:09:47. After setting the record, he made a donation to the Rivanna Trails Foundation and threw out a challenge to the next person who tries to break his time. Read all about it on his blog.

On a side note...60+ VHTRC members made the trek south to Charlottesville in January 2005 to run the Rivanna Ring, but due to epic flooding two days before, we were re-routed off the trail on to road. Anstr and Sophie wrote accounts.

Jeff Holdaway won the 16th Andiamo run of the W&OD bike path on October 8.  Ellen Komesarook was second and first woman. New: All time lists, sorted both by name and time, are now on the results page. Photo is of Jeff Holdaway and was taken by John Anderson. Andiamo results

The 30th Mountain Masochist 50 mile run was held on November 3. The course featured a new start that added more singletrack and a climb up Mt. Pleasant off the Loop, and 4-8 inches of snow in the last 22 miles. As a result of the snow, the final cut-off time was extended 30 minutes. There were several VHTRC members in the event as well as many runners from the old days of this traditional run.  Results